PUC Science 2nd PUC Class 12 - Karnataka Board PUC Question Bank Solutions

Distinguish between unpolarized light and linearly polarized light

What is an unpolarized light? Explain with the help of suitable ray diagram how an unpolarized light can be polarized by reflection from a transparent medium. Write the expression for Brewster angle in terms of the refractive index of denser medium.

If the angle between the pass axis of polarizer and the analyser is 45º, write the ratio of the intensities of original light and the transmitted light after passing through the analyser.

A charge Q is uniformly distributed on a spherical shell. What is the field at the centre of the shell? If a point charge is brought close to the shell, will the field at the centre change? Does your answer depend on whether the shell is conducting or non-conducting?

A spherical shell made of plastic, contains a charge Q distributed uniformly over its surface. What is the electric field inside the shell? If the shell is hammered to deshape it, without altering the charge, will the field inside be changed? What happens if the shell is made of a metal?

A rubber balloon is given a charge Q distributed uniformly over its surface. Is the field inside the balloon zero everywhere if the balloon does not have a spherical surface?

A thin, metallic spherical shell contains a charge Q on it. A point charge q is placed at the centre of the shell and another charge q₁ is placed outside it as shown in the  following figure . All the three charges are positive. The force on the charge at the centre is ____________.

A positive point charge Q is brought near an isolated metal cube.

A large non-conducting sheet M is given a uniform charge density. Two uncharged small metal rods A and B are placed near the sheet as shown in the following  figure.

(a) M attracts A.
(b) M attracts B.
(c) A attracts B.
(d) B attracts A.

Suppose a charge +Q₁ is given to the positive plate and a charge −Q₂ to the negative plate of a capacitor. What is the "charge on the capacitor"?

The plates of a parallel-plate  capacitor are given equal positive charges. What will be the potential difference between the plates? What will be the charges on the facing surfaces and on the outer surfaces?

Find the flux of the electric field through a spherical surface of radius R due to a charge of 10⁻⁷ C at the centre and another equal charge at a point 2R away from the centre in the following figure.

A spherical volume contains a uniformly distributed charge of density  2.0 × 10 ^-4 Cm^-3 Find the electric field at a point inside the volume at a distance 4⋅0 cm from the centre.

If the capacitors in the previous question are joined in parallel, the capacitance and the breakdown voltage of the combination will be

Identify the correct options.

(a) An ammeter should have small resistance.

(b) An ammeter should have large resistance.

(c) A voltmeter should have small resistance.

(d) A voltmeter should have large resistance.

The current in a conductor and the potential difference across its ends are measured by an ammeter and a voltmeter. The meters draw negligible currents. The ammeter is accurate but the voltmeter has a zero error (that is, it does not read zero when no potential difference is applied). Calculate the zero error if the readings for two different conditions are 1.75 A, 14.4 V and 2.75 A, 22.4 V.

The potential difference between the terminals of a battery of emf 6.0 V and internal resistance 1 Ω drops to 5.8 V when connected across an external resistor. Find the resistance of the external resistor.

A parallel-plate capacitor has plates of unequal area. The larger plate is connected to the positive terminal of the battery and the smaller plate to its negative terminal. Let Q, and Q be the charges appearing on the positive and negative plates respectively.

The following figure shows two capacitors connected in series and joined to a battery. The graph shows the variation in potential as one moves from left to right on the branch containing the capacitors.

Each plate of a parallel plate capacitor has a charge q on it. The capacitor is now connected to a batter. Now,
(a) the facing surfaces of the capacitor have equal and opposite charges
(b) the two plates of the capacitor have equal and opposite charges
(c) the battery supplies equal and opposite charges to the two plates
(d) the outer surfaces of the plates have equal charges